Rachel

@rachelsomething.bsky.social

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I tempted the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing, and now look what’s happened

Kool-Aid packs from the 1960s featuring Bugs Bunny in different activities with a pitcher of Kool-Aid: riding a surfboard, lying in a hammock, riding a unicycle, pouring the drink into glasses, and stirring the drink in the Kool-Aid man pitcher.
Newspaper ad for Mr. T and Tina, and ABC sitcom starring Pat Morita that ran for one season in 1976.
Poster advertising the touring show of Le Chat Noir, a 19th century cabaret show in Paris. The poster is a drawing of a black cat sitting on a red table against a beige background. The cat's head is framed from behind with a design that resembles a sunburst enclosed in a circle.
The Far Side by Gary Larson. A dog is standing upright on two legs at an open door. She is carrying a purse and wearing eyeglasses. Standing upright on two legs on the porch is another dog, also wearing eyeglasses and carrying a bunch of flowers. The caption reads, "Oh, Ginger -- you look absolutely stunning ... and whatever your rolled in sure does stink."
A Barbie-type doll with bedhead hair and a disgusted look on her face.
February 27 post from me reading, "Another way to reduce your grocery spending is through malnutrition."
Cover of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe. A blonde woman lies face down on a pink couch. Her arm is hanging off the side, touching the floor. She appears to be crying.
A book with a red cloth cover, stamped in gold with the words, "Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary" in a serif font inside a circle and, "A Merriam-Webster" below the circle, in cursive and followed with the registered trademark symbol. Next to it is a book with a tan cloth cover, stamped in brown with the words, "Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus" in a serif font inside a circle and, "A Merriam-Webster" below the circle, in cursive and followed with the registered trademark symbol.
1978 Service Merchandise catalog page listing an oil rain lamp, which is a hideous thing that defies description. But there are "Gay 90's characters on a swing" and fishing line with dripping oil. Evidently people put these in their homes. IN THEIR HOMES.
Three elementary school age children: a girl in a red shirt, clasping her hands together as if in prayer that this might soon be over, a boy wearing a blue shirt, with his head tilted back and his mouth open, his patience rapidly fading, and a girl in a yellow shirt, executing her first full side-eye.
A box of Post Super Sugar Crisp cereal with a Jackson Five single on the back.
The "I should buy a boat" tabby cat is back, again wearing a white shirt and blue suit jacket and sitting at a dining table with a newspaper and coffee cup. He is looking thoughtfully into the middle distance. The caption reads "I SHOULD BUY ANOTHER BOAT."
April 6, 2026 tweet from @NASA that reads, "Tell your cat the Artemis II crew said pspsps"
1950s era Trix cereal box. featuring a cartoon white bunny on roller skates. His eyes are closed and he is mleming his anticipation while spooning up some cereal.
Consecutive bluesky posts showing that President Obama celebrates Easter by attending church services and Donald celebrates by threatening to send people to hell.
Brown-skinned bald man wearing a red, white and blue plaid shirt and a blue down vest. He is standing with his hands on his hips and his facial expression indicates that he is sick of this shit.
Photo of a very cute baby elephant looking into the camera. He has a baby elephant sized head and trunk, but teenage elephant size legs. There are five humans surrounding him with one crouched at his side. The headline reads, "The National Zoo is feeding poop to a baby elephant."
I like to call them, "potato chips for adults."
Omar Sharif as Yuri Zhivago in the 1965 movie Doctor Zhivago. Sharif is an impossibly handsome guy with dark hair and a dark moustache. He's wearing a brimless Russian fur hat and a gray wool coat with the collar turned up.
Vintage kids' Halloween mask of a cute calico cat, made of plastic backed paper with holes for the eyes and mouth.
A Corgi is gleefully flying down a water slide into a swimming pool to Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird."
One unwrapped and two wrapped Ice Cubes chocolate candy blocks. The candy itself is a small squarish block with a starburst pattern on top. The wrapping is gold foil with a red and white logo that reads "ICE CUBES" in a comic strip font, the words enclosed, for some reason within a horse shoe.
From todays NYT crossword. The clue for 4-across is "Tolstoy book whose title asks a question." The expert solver has filled in the answer using the rebus function, as "WAR WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR???" which as everyone knows was the original title for War and Peace, and it was Tolstoy's mistress who insisted that he change it.
Screenshot showing that my word for 2026 is "GOAT."
Rick Astley, age 21-ish, a white guy with red hair who looks a bit like the Sunny Jim Peanut Butter kid, is standing in front of a brick wall, wearing a dark turtleneck, dark pants, and a tan single-breasted trench coat, which is unbuttoned.
Epstein, some guy who might be Gary Sinise, and face-redacted victim (large bear, little brain).
"As an American, I’m used to gun violence. As a Jew, I’m familiar with hate. As a semi-regular chronicler of mass shootings, I’m exhausted. Probably like many of you, I’m wondering how to go on. I don’t have a plan. But I have an intention. The intention is to keep feeding the birds, because the birds get hungry when the tree branches are bare and the ground is covered in snow. I can’t feed all the birds, but I can feed my neighbors. The cardinals and blue jay and little dark-eyed juncos. My intention is to keep writing because that’s what I do. To remind myself of all the light arriving from distant points even when things here seem so dark."
Jan 13, 2017 tweet from @BassoonJokes: "the new healthcare plan is everybody gets 50 tylenol at birth. those are your tylenol. use them whenever or however you want."
Trump's Truth Social Post: "I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House"
"best bar soap - Google Search"
Wild eyed woman with outstretched hand really wants a club sandwich
Screencap from Superstore: Cheyenne tries to give Marcus a tattoo of his mom on his back and inking in a hat over her first attempt and trying again results in Marcus's mom tattoo looking like Babadook.
Portion of 10/19/25 NYTimes crossword, displaying the answer to 104 Across: "CRONUT"
Rodin's The Thinker
The sleepytime tea bear, wearing a blue nightshirt and red nightcap, sitting with his eyes closed in a green easy chair in front of a lit fireplace. On the side table next to him is a cup of tea, a teapot, a plate of muffins, and a jar of red jam. Behind him, a striped cat is asleep on the rug.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt smiling and waving to the camera.
Exterior view of the front of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington, Seattle campus.
Email subject line from SiriusXM: Last Day to listen to Metallica
Vince and Morgan in the HOH bed, lying head to toe. Vince is in the bed the usual way, with his head at the top of the bed, while Morgan is lying next to him but with her head at the foot of the bed. Vince is leaning forward so they can hold hands. The photo is captioned with Vince's voiceover, "Yeah, we sleep in the same bed, but it's a giant bed, and her head is at the opposite of me."
La Choy Chicken Chow Mein in a double can. The cans are stacked, and taped together are about the size of a small oatmeal canister. The top smaller can contains sauce and chicken and the larger bottom can contains vegetables.
Vince lying on a bed holding a can of Pringles close to his face, which features of a drawing of his grandfather, Julius Pringles.
Wordlebot being its usual dick self after my second guess was "TEASE": On average, guessing GLOPS here will minimize the expected number of turns needed to solve the puzzle. But you've narrowed it down to one possible solution. You should solve the puzzle on your next turn.
From Big Brother: Julie Chen standing next to a TV screen before the eviction vote. On screen are Zach and Vince, who are waiting for the vote. Zach is sitting on the couch, wearing a black t-shirt and shorts, with a pink bandanna around his neck. Vince is wearing a giant egg detective costume. He's an egg, but wearing a shirt, tie, trench coat, fedora, and is carrying a large magnifying glass. He is standing to Zach's left, and his face is covered by the egg white top.
Short thread from @internethippo.bsky.social. The first post reads “CPA (certified poop ass).” The second, “Please Like and Subscribe.”
Jimmy from Big Brother 27, wearing a blue bandanna on his head.
Front cover of "Home Cooking with Dave's Mom," a cookbook written by David Letterman's mom Dorothy. The cover photo is of Dave, who looks to be in his mid-40s, sitting at a table with a pie in the center and one slice on a plate and a glass of milk in front of him. He is wearing a gray suit and a yellow tie. His mom, Dorothy, is standing to his right with her hand on his shoulder. She has short, white hair, and is wearing a white mock turtleneck under a blue vest, all covered with a white chef's apron. Both are smiling.
"Men's Briefcases Styles: 14 Products"
Small light brown rectangular leather purse with a gold chain strap to which a big-ass gold "C" is attached. "The Summer I Turned Pretty" bag is $175.
Small black handbag with a medium-sized handstrap. Both the strap and the bag itself are covered with black puffy vaguely daisy-like flowers. The "Coachtopia Loop Shoulder Bag With Floral Applique" is priced at $175.
A small handbag with short straps. It's made of mustard yellow leather and shaped like a car. Named "Taxi Bag," it's on sale for $195 with a regular price of $325.
The menacing shark from Jaws: The Revenge, which appears to be a large plushy toy with fabric teeth. It looks like something you'd win at a carnival for successfully knocking down three bowling pins with a baseball.
Dulé Hill and Richard Schiff
A grimacing Larry David is physically attacking Elmo the Muppet on the set of the Today show with one hand on the back of his neck and one covering his mouth. The hosts of the show are in the foreground looking shocked and amused.
Part 1 of recipe for "Watermelon on a Stick." Photo of watermelon slices, um, on sticks. Yield: Servings vary. Preparation Time: 5 minutes.
The West Wing, Season 7, episode 18, Requiem. Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler and Dulé Hill as Charlie Young. After the funeral of Leo McGarry, a disgraced Toby waits alone in the cathedral for the press to leave. Charlie, the only one of his former colleagues to speak to him that day, offers to walk out with him.